FITCHBURG — A Lunenburg teen is charged with shooting his father, two televisions and other glass in his parents' house with a BB gun after being reprimanded for not cleaning up the yard and garage while his parents were on vacation.

John Chenis, 18, of 215 Burrage St., Lunenburg, got angry during an argument with his father Sunday evening that ended with him being told to find somewhere else to live, police said.

The argument occurred after his parents returned home from a weekend vacation and found their son had not followed through with an agreement to clean the yard and garage, police said.

Mr. Chenis allegedly became enraged and took a BB gun and shot three holes in the screen of the family's television in the bathroom. He then allegedly went into a bedroom and shot his father, Kenneth Chenis, in the left side of the chest. Then he shot two holes in the screen of a television in the bedroom and headed out the front door, shooting out the glass window on the door and a porch light, police said. He then fled on his father's John Deere tractor, police said.

When police arrived, Mr. Chenis' father refused medical assistance. The BB did not penetrate his shirt, but did break the skin and cause him to bleed some. He declined to take out a restraining order against his son.

He told police his son suffered from mental and emotional disorders and had recently stopped seeing a psychologist.

A short time after he left the house, John Chenis was stopped by state police and then arrested by Lunenburg police and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and destruction of property.

He was arraigned Monday in Fitchburg District Court and released on personal recognizance. He is to return for a hearing July 22.

Contact George Barnes at gbarnes@telegram.com. Follow him on Twitter @georgebarnesTG

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